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Sparkman: From Ormonde to Midnight Lute
Hot Sire: Bodemeister
Crist: Eclipse Award races looking chalky
Columnist John P. Sparkman discusses the strong start for Midnight Lute as a young sire and reflects on the champion’s racing career. Compromised by respiratory prob-lems, Midnight Lute was restricted largely to sprint races and won two editions of the Breeders’ Cup Sprint. At stud, he has sired good sprinters and middle-distance runners from his first crop and was represented by a new second-crop standout in last week’s Grade 3 Sham Stakes winner, Midnight Hawk.
Multiple classic-placed Grade 1 winner Bodemeister stood out during the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale as five broodmares in foal to the WinStar Farm stallion sold for $685,000. That total led all first-crop covering sires at the Keeneland and came on the heels of a busy first season at stud, where Bodemeister bred to 173 mares, seventh-most in North America.
Columnist Steven Crist writes that if one is searching for suspense at Gulfstream Park Saturday night, they should try the poker room or the late simulcast races. He discusses the Eclipse Awards, which will be presented at Gulfstream, and acknowledges that most of the announced winners will be similar to the posting of “official” signs after races, ratifying foregone conclusions.
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If you’re looking for a lot of suspense at Gulf-stream Park Saturday night, try the poker room or the late simulcast races. The Eclipse Awards in the track’s banquet room that night will for the most part be the posting of “official” signs ratifying foregone conclusions.
If someone were conducting pick-12 wagering on the dozen equine awards, I think you could very safely single in seven of the races: Will Take Charge (champion 3-year-old male), Beholder (3-year-old filly), Royal Delta (older female) Wise Dan (turf male and Horse of the Year), Dank (turf female), and Groupie Doll (sprint female).
Two others seem almost as certain, just short of cinchdom.
Wise Dan will probably win the older male title despite much discussion about whether this award should go to a dirt horse, as it usually has in the past. The practical problem this year is that those who believe this (and I am among them) appear to be divided on an alternative between Game On Dude and Mucho Macho Man, the two other finalists in the category, thus splitting any protest vote. Last year, when Wise Dan got 194 of 254 votes for Horse of the Year, he received only 139 of those votes for older male (Fort Larned was a fairly close second with 109 votes). It will be interesting to see how those numbers look this time around.
She’s a Tiger also seems a likely winner as champion 2-year-old filly despite being placed second behind Ria Antonia for interference in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. The rest of She’s a Tiger’s campaign is so vastly superior to Ria Antonia’s that it is difficult to believe a majority of voters will slavishly follow a single stewards’ decision in one race when choosing a champion.
Whether to reward a single Breeders’ Cup result amid an otherwise inadequate campaign is the question hanging over what could be the two closest calls of the night, the awards for male sprinter and 2-year-old male. In remarkably similar cases, a Bob Baffert trainee won a Cup race, but for both Secret Circle (Sprint) and New Year’s Day (Juvenile) it was their lone stakes appearance and only the second victory of any kind in a two- or three-race campaign.
In both categories there is a more-than-plau-sible alternative that a majority of voters may embrace. Shared Belief’s runaway victories in the Prevue and Hollywood Futurity stamped him the nation’s top 2-year-old, and Points Offthebench had a pair of Grade 1 sprint victo-ries before his tragic demise while training for the BC Sprint, where he would have been heav-ily favored.
The 12th equine Eclipse is for champion stee-plechaser, a category in which I abstained and for which I believe the decision should be made by a committee of jump experts rather than an electorate of flat-racing observers who for the most part do not watch a single race over hurdles all year. In that mythical pick 12, this is the one all-button race. Divine Fortune, Gustavian, and Italian Wedding each won a single Grade 1 race in a year when steeplechasing’s six Grade 1s went to a half-dozen different horses.
As for the five elected awards honoring humans, you don’t need a 50-cent minimum to play that pick five pretty cheaply. Todd Pletcher is the heavy favorite for another outstanding trainer statuette over Baffert and Bill Mott, and Ken and Sarah Ramsey are odds-on in both the owner and breeder categories for their success with that herd of Kitten’s Joys and a strong superfecta of leading-owner titles at Gulfstream, Keeneland, Churchill, and Saratoga.
The two jockey awards, however, require a wider net. Javier Castellano set a single-season earnings record and also topped the victory board, but seems like a slight underdog against the feel-goodery of Gary Stevens’s comeback. That seems a little unfair to Castellano, but it wouldn’t be the first time that sentiment trumped logic at the Eclipse Awards.
As for the apprentice jockey award, your ticket should probably include all three finalists: Victor Carrasco, Manuel Franco, and Edgard Zayas. I abstained in this category and continue to believe it should either be eliminated as an Eclipse category or at least be voted on by The Jockeys’ Guild or some other group more appro-priate than one that focuses on stakes racing and major venues. This is no knock on these young riders, but the Eclipse Awards may not be the right place to honor promising newcom-ers amid top-level champions, and its electorate may not be best equipped to choose among the leading candidates.
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Hot Sire: BodemeisterBy Patrick Reed
The Keeneland January sale of horses of all ages concluded Jan. 9 with enough posi-tive sentiment to maintain the generally uplifting outlook for 2014 prevalent in the bloodstock industry.
Moreover, it offered an early look at how first-year sires of 2013 are being received by owners and breeders. Among several standouts from that group, it was multi-ple classic-placed Grade 1 winner Bode-meister who finished the sale with the most distinction.
All five broodmares offered at the Keeneland sale in foal to Bodemeister were bought, totaling $685,000. That total ranked fourth among covering sires who had two or more in-foal mares sell at Keeneland and was $143,000 ahead of The Factor among first-crop covering sires.
Bodemeister’s average of $137,000 ranked second behind To Honor and Serve (who had two in-foal mares sell for an average of $150,000) and just ahead of The Factor’s $135,500 average for four mares.
Bodemeister began his stud career last year at Kenny Troutt’s WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., and, according to The Jockey Club, was bred to 173 mares in 2013, the seventh-most in North America.
The 5-year-old son of Empire Maker stood out among a solid group of first-year sires due to several factors. He has a good female family with several interesting offshoots that gravitate toward European influences. His dam, the Storm Cat mare Untouched Talent, captured the Grade 3 Sorrento Stakes and ran second in the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante and the Grade 2 Alcibiades Stakes during an abbreviated racing career.
His second dam, Parade Queen, by A.P. Indy, was a multiple Grade 3 winner and earner of more than $400,000 who inciden-tally is also the dam of the highly regarded 3-year-old Top Billing, by Curlin. Parade Queen’s dam, and Bodemeister’s third dam, is the stakes winner Spanish Parade, by Roberto. His fifth dam is English champion filly Bitty Girl, by Habitat, who produced two European stakes winners and is the third dam of U.S. champion Action This Day.
Untouched Talent sold to John G. Siku-ra’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms for $850,000 after her racing career but was then bought for $1.2 million at the 2007 Keeneland Novem-ber sale by Virginia’s Audley Farm, where
Bodemeister was foaled. Bodemeister fetched $260,000 at the 2010 Keeneland September auction when sold to Ahmed Zayat, and following his emergence, Audley Farm reaped dividends when Untouched Talent’s filly Fascinating, by Smart Strike, sold for $1.3 million at the 2012 Keeneland September sale to Sikura and Bruce Luns-ford.
Fascinating placed in both the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante and the Grade 1 Chan-delier last season. Untouched Talent, meanwhile, was purchased for $5 million at the 2012 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Novem-ber sale by Coolmore Stud representative M.V. Magnier.
In terms of sire line, Bodemeister’s stat-ure when he entered stud arguably was enhanced by Empire Maker’s relocation to Japan. The 2003 Belmont Stakes winner and Kentucky Derby runner-up had been establishing a reputation as a sire of stam-ina in the United States before his sale in 2010, as several of his daughters in particu-lar showed real aptitude for two-turn races on dirt and synthetic, led by champion Royal Delta but also including Personal Ensign winner Icon Project and a quartet of Spinster Stakes winners, most recently Emollient.
Bodemeister and Grade 1 winner and 2009 Kentucky Derby runner-up Pioneerof the Nile are the best young stallion pros-pects to extend Empire Maker’s influence,
and they join several sons of Unbridled’s Song at stud as bearers of Unbridled’s legacy.
In addition to the obvious pedigree attributes, Bodemeister possessed an intangible quality during his moment on the national stage in 2012: His professional racing action, coupled with a high cruising speed, suggested that he had the makings of an elite, classic-distance dirt horse.
Though Bodemeister fell short in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness after setting a fast pace in both classics, his 9 1/2-length romp in the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby (108 Beyer Speed Figure for finish-ing 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.71) showed that he could dominate in two-turn dirt races. And the colt responded gamely in the Derby (99 Beyer) and the Preakness (109 Beyer) when challenged late by I’ll Have Another.
Bodemeister was retired after the Preak-ness due to a shoulder injury, but those flashes of raw talent still resonate and have helped him get off to a strong start at stud.
Among the broodmares sold in foal to Bodemeister at the Keeneland January sale were Auspiciously, a full sister to Grade 1 Princess Rooney winner Malibu Mint; Dream Dancer, a half-sister to Group 2 U.A.E. Derby winner Daddy Long Legs; Tiz T’was, whose dam is a half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Lion Heart; and Tejareb, whose dam is a half-sister to three Canadian champions.
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Five mares in foal to Bodemeister recently sold for $685,000 in total at Keeneland.
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JOHN SPARKMAN’S PEDIGREE PERSPECTIVES
Breeders’ attitudes toward horses with the congenital throat malady that leads to partial paralysis of the larynx have changed markedly since the 19th century.
In 1889, the Duke of Westminster, the owner and breeder of Ormonde, the great-est English racehorse of the 19th century, sold his champion to Argentina after only two seasons at stud because the horse was “a roarer and a descendant of roarers,” and he did not want to contaminate the English Thoroughbred.
Until the last few decades, American breeders also tended to avoid horses afflicted with the genetic abnormality that causes laryngeal hemiplegia. For example, 1956 Horse of the Year Swaps’s sire, Khaled, was a roarer, and though Swaps himself did not inherit the malady, his best son, 1963 Kentucky Derby winner Chateaugay, made a distinct noise, and his stud career suffered accordingly.
Sheer genetic dominance, however, allowed Storm Cat to become a leading sire despite sometimes passing along bad throats. Though most breeders prefer to breed to stallions of sound wind, if the horse is good enough, he will usually get plenty of mares.
Dual Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner and 2007 champion sprinter Midnight Lute certainly was good enough, despite his three throat operations, and he has proven with his first two crops that, like Storm Cat, the possibility that he will pass on his disability might not negatively affect his stud career.
Midnight Lute’s second-crop son Midnight Hawk became his ninth stakes winner on Jan. 11 when winning the Grade 3 Sham Stakes, just two weeks after Midnight Lute’s first-crop son Shakin It Up became his second Grade 1 winner in taking the Malibu Stakes on Dec. 26.
Bred in Kentucky by Tom Evans, Macon Wilmil Equine, and Marjac Farm, Midnight Lute was easily the best son of 1998 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner and champion 3-year-old male Real Quiet, by Quiet American.
Sold for $70,000 to agent Tom McGreevey in the name of Caldera Racing at the 2004 Keeneland September yearling sale, Midnight Lute failed to find a buyer on a final bid of $290,000 at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. March juvenile sale after working
a quarter-mile in 22 seconds.Sold privately to Michael Pegram and
Watson and Weitman Performances, Midnight Lute won his only start at 2, running six furlongs at Del Mar in 1:10.43 to score easily. He underwent throat surgery
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MIDNIGHT HAWKGray or roan colt Foaled May 14, 2011
Miss Wineshine 97
Real Quiet 95
Candytuft 96
Wolf Power 78
Miss Mississippi 83
Quiet American 86
Really Blue 83
Fappiano 77
Demure 77
Believe It 75
Meadow Blue 75
Deputy Minister 79
Sister Dot 85
Blue Times 71
Berkut 71
Round Table 54
Happy Flirt 58
Casabianca 61
Blue Siren 62
His Majesty 68
Song Sparrow 67
Sunrise Flight 59
Be Grateful 62
Dehere 91
Bolt From the Blue 80
Flirting Around 71
Pandora 70
Cormorant 74
Wonderful Flight 67
Midnight Lute 03
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Midnight Hawk wins the Grade 3 Sham Stakes on Jan. 11 to give Midnight Lute his ninth stakes winner in his first two crops.
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following that win, but according to trainer Bob Baffert, the first operation did not hold, and Midnight Lute was operated on again during in the spring of 2006.
He returned after a year’s absence in a six-furlong allowance race at Del Mar in July but failed to catch Sailors Sunset, falling short by a diminishing half-length. He won a seven-furlong allowance at Del Mar a few weeks later, and then shipped to Keeneland and recorded a 4 3/4-length win over even-tual multiple graded stakes winner Lewis Michael in the seven-furlong, Grade 3 Perry-ville Stakes.
Midnight Lute clearly was a pretty good horse, but he couldn’t catch Latent Heat and Spring At Last in the Grade 1 Malibu, and failed by a nose to catch eventual Grade 1 winner Awesome Gem in the Grade 2 San Fernando to kick off his 4-year-old campaign.
After finishing fourth in the Grade 2 Strub at Santa Anita in February 2007 and in the Grade 2 Commonwealth at Keeneland in April, Midnight Lute underwent a third throat operation before returning to win the Grade 1 Forego at Saratoga, beating Benny the Bull by 2 1/4 lengths in a final time of 1:21.06 for seven furlongs.
The 2007 Breeders’ Cup Sprint was run in ridiculously sloppy conditions at speed-favoring Monmouth, but Midnight Lute reveled in that environment, rallying from well off the pace to beat Idiot Proof by 4 3/4 lengths in a highly impressive perform-ance. He ran once more that year but failed to catch Daaher in the Grade 1 Cigar Mile, finishing second.
Midnight Lute’s two Grade 1 sprint wins, though, were enough to guarantee him an Eclipse Award as champion sprinter of 2007.
Midnight Lute ran only twice as a 5-year-old in 2008, failing to rally for the only time in his career behind Lewis Michael in the Grade 2 Pat O’Brien at Del Mar in August before repeating his victory in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Santa Anita.
Retired to Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms in Lexington, Ky., in 2009, Midnight Lute offered breeders an intriguing puzzle. Clearly a racehorse of the highest class, he stands a massive 17 hands but with the balance and athleticism of a much smaller horse. Though he never
won beyond seven furlongs, he clearly stayed at least 1 1/16 miles, since he was beaten only a nose in a Grade 2 race at that distance, and his pedigree and his trainer both suggested that the only reason he performed best as a sprinter was because his throat problems limited his stamina.
He came by his enormous stature honestly. His sire, Real Quiet, was a tall but narrow horse, and his third dam, Berkut, by Sea-Bird, was a full sister to the gigantic Group 1-caliber Gyr, whom the venerable English annual Timeform regarded as one of the largest horses in its experience. Their broodmare sire, Toulouse Lautrec, also was a gigantic horse who enjoyed some sire success in the 1960s in California.
Berkut produced French Group 1 winner Alydar’s Best, Italian stakes winner Exotic Source, and Midnight Lute’s second dam, Grade 3 La Prevoyante Stakes winner Bolt From the Blue, by Blue Times.
Not surprisingly, given Midnight Lute’s stature, the 111 named foals in his first crop did not set the world afire early at 2, but Midnight Ballet (out of Buzz Song, by Unbri-dled’s Song) became his first stakes winner at Hollywood Park’s fall meeting in 2012, and five others showed promise by placing in stakes.
When the calendar turned to 2013, Midnight Lute became a very hot property, as Shakin It Up (Silver Bullet Moon, by Vindication) won the Grade 2 San Vicente, Midnight Lucky (Citiview, by Citidancer) set a track record in the Sunland Park Oaks, and Govenor Charlie (Silverbulletway, by Storm Cat) set a track record in the Grade 3 Sunland Park Derby.
Midnight Lucky proved she was one of the most talented 3-year-old fillies in the coun-try with a smashing victory in the Grade 1 Acorn but has not run since. Shakin It Up returned from a long layoff to win the Grade 1 Malibu before the end of the year.
Two other high-class Midnight Lute colts emerged when Midnight Aria (Sheband-owana, by Mt. Magazine) captured Canada’s Queen’s Plate and Mylute (Stage Stop, by Valid Expectations) ran second in the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby and third in the Preakness.
Midnight Hawk is the third stakes winner
and first potentially high-class runner from Midnight Lute’s second crop. Bred in Kentucky by Pegram, he is the 10th foal and second stakes winner out of Miss Wineshine, a talented Wolf Power filly Pegram purchased for $220,000 at the 1998 Keeneland September sale.
Miss Wineshine raced five times at 2 in 1999, winning the Silver Spur Stakes at Lone Star, running second to her eventual champion stablemate Chilukki in the Grade 3 Debutante, second to Regally Appealing in the Grade 2 Adirondack, and third in the Grade 1 Spinaway.
Miss Wineshine’s fifth foal, Mayor Marv, by Distorted Humor, won the Turf Paradise Derby, but Midnight Hawk is the only graded stakes winner in the first four generations of his pedigree along the female line. He is a complete outcross through the first six generations of his pedigree.
Although Ormonde became almost sterile due to an illness during his second season at stud, the Duke of Westminster’s fears about the horse proved groundless. His first-crop son Orme (out of the immortal St. Simon’s full sister Angelica) was England’s cham-pion 2-year-old of 1891, winning the Middle Park and Dewhurst stakes, and added two Eclipse Stakes and a Champion Stakes to his record at 3 and 4.
Orme led England’s sire list in 1899, when his great son Flying Fox won the English Triple Crown, and Orby became his second Epsom Derby winner in 1907. Both estab-lished long-lived branches of the Ormonde male line. Flying Fox was the grandsire of the great Teddy, whose line still hangs on in South America through his seventh-genera-tion descendants Privately Held and Public Purse, both sons of Private Account.
The great sprinting line descending from Orby’s great-grandson Gold Bridge, however, has died out. Midnight Lute has 29 crosses of Teddy in the first 12 generations of his pedigree.
It is always doubtful, of course, that any stallion will establish a long-lasting male line, but despite his respiratory weakness, Midnight Lute has proven that he is capable of siring horses good enough to give himself that chance.
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3-YEAR-OLD ALLOWANCE BEST BEYERS, MALES, TURF 1/1 THROUGH 1/12
BEYER NAME SEX SIRE TRACK DATE DIST. FIN.
80 Solitary Ranger ...........C ........U S Ranger ..........................FG ........5-Jan ..............1M ........ 178 Kids Rule ......................C ........Lemon Drop Kid .................FG ........5-Jan ..............1M ........ 277 Medal Count ................C ........Dynaformer .........................GP ........12-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 177 Drover Road .................G ........Dixie Union .........................GP ........12-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 176 Scorched Cat ...............C ........Tale of the Cat .....................GP ........12-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 376 Patent ...........................C ........A.P. Indy ..............................GP ........12-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 475 All Tied Up ...................C ........Even the Score ....................GP ........12-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 574 Ring Necked ................G ........Too Much Bling ..................FG ........5-Jan ..............1M ........ 372 Angry Moon ................C ........Langfuhr ..............................GP ........12-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 671 Branded Hand .............C ........Hard Spun ...........................GP ........12-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 770 Meuser .........................C ........More Than Ready ...............GP ........12-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 864 The Battle Is On ...........C ........City Place ...........................GP ........12-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 963 Ride Away ....................C ........Candy Ride (ARG) ..............TAM .....3-Jan .....1 1/16M ........ 162 Pirradazis .....................C ........Leading the Parade.............TAM .....3-Jan .....1 1/16M ........ 260 Marty the Monster ......G ........Parading ..............................FG ........5-Jan ..............1M ........ 459 Sea View Chico ...........C ........Divine Park ..........................FG ........5-Jan ..............1M ........ 555 I’m the Lucky One .......C ........Value Plus ...........................TAM .....3-Jan .....1 1/16M ........ 355 Roman Officer .............C ........Roman Ruler .......................TAM .....3-Jan .....1 1/16M ........ 4
3-YEAR-OLD ALLOWANCE BEST BEYERS, MALES, DIRT1/1 THROUGH 1/12
BEYER NAME SEX SIRE TRACK DATE DIST. FIN.
91 Commissioner .............C ........A.P. Indy ..............................GP ........3-Jan .......1 1/8M ........ 191 Top Billing ....................C ........Curlin ...................................GP ........3-Jan .......1 1/8M ........ 287 Hy Kodiak Warrior .......C ........Kodiak Kowboy ...................GP ........3-Jan .......1 1/8M ........ 387 Ichiban Warrior ...........C ........First Samurai ......................GP ........3-Jan .......1 1/8M ........ 487 Cousin Stephen...........C ........Proud Citizen ......................GP ........3-Jan .......1 1/8M ........ 584 Kendall’s Boy ...............C ........Sky Mesa ............................FG ........11-Jan .............6F ........ 182 Bourbonize ..................G ........Tiz Wonderful ....................OP ........10-Jan ............1M ........ 179 Be Well .........................C ........Harlan’s Holiday .................FG ........11-Jan .............6F ........ 278 Ride On Curlin .............C ........Curlin ...................................OP ........12-Jan .............6F ........ 175 Sheltowee’s Boy ..........G ........Nobiz Like Shobiz ...............OP ........10-Jan ............1M ........ 272 Smiling Charlie............C ........Pulpit ...................................OP ........12-Jan .............6F ........ 270 Son of Dixie .................C ........Dixie Union .........................OP ........10-Jan ............1M ........ 370 Big Sugar Soda ...........C ........Ready’s Image ..................FG ........11-Jan .............6F ........ 367 Ibaka .............................G ........Uncle Abbie .........................DED ......10-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 167 Rivers Run Deep .........C ........Ready’s Image ..................OP ........12-Jan .............6F ........ 364 Solemnly Swear ..........C ........Yes It’s True .........................GP ........3-Jan .......1 1/8M ........ 664 Chippewawhitechief ...C ........Weigelia ...............................OP ........10-Jan ............1M ........ 462 Morning Line Wiz ........G ........Henny Hughes ....................PM .......1-Jan ...............6F ........ 162 Ease On Bai .................G ........E Dubai ................................GP ........3-Jan .......1 1/8M ........ 762 My Boy Gene ...............G ........Scrimshaw ..........................DED ......10-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 262 Smartified ....................C ........Smarty Jones ......................FG ........11-Jan .............6F ........ 462 Divine View ..................C ........Divine Park ..........................FG ........11-Jan .............6F ........ 562 I See Back ....................C ........Put It Back ...........................OP ........12-Jan .............6F ........ 461 Harbor Design .............G ........Harbor the Gold ..................PM .......1-Jan ...............6F ........ 2
3-YEAR-OLD ALLOWANCE BEST BEYERS, FEMALES, DIRT1/1 THROUGH 1/12
BEYER NAME SEX SIRE TRACK DATE DIST. FIN.
82 Shanon Nicole .............F ........Majestic Warrior .................FG ........10-Jan ....1M 70Y ........ 180 Penwith ........................F ........Bernardini ...........................GP ........2-Jan ..............1M ........ 180 Comme Chez Soi ........F ........Empire Maker ......................GP ........2-Jan ..............1M ........ 277 Kiss Moon ...................F ........Malibu Moon ......................OP ........11-Jan ............1M ........ 176 Stately Defence ...........F ........First Defence .....................GP ........2-Jan ..............1M ........ 374 Haunted Heroine .........F ........Ghostzapper ......................FG ........10-Jan ....1M 70Y ........ 273 Another Incident ..........F ........Sun King ..............................GP ........2-Jan ..............1M ........ 467 Nutmeg ........................F ........Lemon Drop Kid .................GP ........2-Jan ..............1M ........ 564 Flash Encounter ..........F ........Flatter ..................................CRC......10-Jan ...... 5 1/2F ........ 164 Teardrop .......................F ........Tapit .....................................FG ........10-Jan ....1M 70Y ........ 362 White Pants Night .......F ........Speightstown ......................CRC......10-Jan ...... 5 1/2F ........ 261 Saturday Storms .........F ........Any Given Saturday ............OP ........11-Jan ............1M ........ 259 Joint Return .................F ........Include .................................PRX ......1-Jan ..............1M ........ 157 Golden Friendships ....F ........With Distinction ................GP ........2-Jan ..............1M ........ 657 Norastone ....................F ........Kafwain................................PRX ......4-Jan ...............6F ........ 156 Redgrass Cat ...............F ........Bluegrass Cat .....................OP ........11-Jan ............1M ........ 355 Fancier .........................F ........Bernstein .............................DED ......10-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 554 Synapse .......................F ........Fairbanks ............................FG ........10-Jan ....1M 70Y ........ 454 Strike Twice .................F ........More Than Ready ...............OP ........11-Jan ............1M ........ 452 Aunt Ellipsis .................F ........Successful Appeal ............PRX ......4-Jan ...............6F ........ 252 Rum Therapy ...............F ........Horse Greeley .....................OP ........11-Jan ............1M ........ 552 Hero Wisdom ..............F ........Street Hero ..........................OP ........11-Jan ............1M ........ 650 Fleet Sixteen ................F ........Afleet Alex ...........................PRX ......1-Jan ..............1M ........ 2
3-YEAR-OLD ALLOWANCE BEST BEYERS, FEMALES, TURF 1/1 THROUGH 1/12
BEYER NAME SEX SIRE TRACK DATE DIST. FIN.
79 Macaroon ....................F ........Tapit .....................................GP ........11-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 176 Super Sky ....................F ........Sky Mesa ............................GP ........11-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 275 Miss Arrangement ......F ........Mr. Greeley ..........................GP ........11-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 369 Danalin .........................F ........Curlin ...................................GP ........11-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 468 Market Magic ..............F ........After Market ........................GP ........11-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 566 Maco Light ..................F ........Silver Train ..........................GP ........11-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 665 Elle Starlight ................F ........Corinthian ...........................GP ........11-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 763 Spring Likeacobra .......F ........Spring At Last .....................GP ........11-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 858 Morethanawarning ......F ........More Than Ready ...............GP ........11-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ........ 957 Lady Paradime ............F ........Parading ..............................GP ........11-Jan ...... 7 1/2F ...... 10
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ILLINOIS-BRED BEST BEYERS1/6 THROUGH 1/12
BEYER NAME AGE SEX SIRE CLASS TRACK DATE DIST. SURF. FIN. RECORD
83 Perfectly At Home.........5 .........G ........ Pleasantly Perfect .................STR ....................OP ....................10-Jan ....................... 1M ......................D .....................2 .....................22-4-6-179 Blue Canoe ....................7 .........G ........ Quiet American......................STR ....................OP ....................10-Jan ....................... 1M ......................D .....................5 ..................... 56-6-7-676 Peters Rock ...................7 .........G ........ Dayjur .....................................CLM ...................FG .....................9-Jan ......................... 5 1/2F .................T .....................2 ...................33-10-3-473 Town Star ......................4 .........C ........ Speightstown ........................WCL ...................OP ....................10-Jan ....................... 1 1/16M .............D .....................2 ........................5-1-2-072 Remembermealways ....5 .........M ........ Whywhywhy ..........................AOC ....................DED ..................11-Jan ....................... 5F .......................D .....................2 ......................31-7-3-570 Thecushmaker ..............5 .........M ........ Repent ....................................CLM ...................TAM ..................10-Jan ....................... 1M ......................T .....................1 ......................21-5-3-168 The Best Option ............6 .........M ........ Pleasant Tap ..........................AOC ....................AQU ..................10-Jan ....................... 1M 70Y...............D .....................4 ..................... 34-6-7-661 Dontbetellinme .............6 .........M ........ Offlee Wild .............................SHP ....................TAM ..................10-Jan ....................... 7F .......................D .....................2 ..................... 37-5-4-560 Rappin Robby ...............5 .........G ........ Cherokee Rap ........................CLM ...................OP ....................11-Jan ....................... 6F .......................D .....................6 ......................16-5-1-257 Reckless Moment .........5 .........M ........ Shore Breeze .........................CLM ...................CT .....................9-Jan ......................... 7F .......................D .....................2 ..................... 22-2-2-457 Cure ...............................10 .......G ........ Stormin Fever ........................CLM ...................PEN ..................10-Jan ....................... 1M ......................D .....................5 ...............85-15-23-2057 Shanghai Red ...............4 .........G ........ Newfoundland .......................MCL ...................OP ....................12-Jan ....................... 6F .......................D .....................4 ........................4-0-1-152 Margo’s Delight ............8 .........M ........ Texas Glitter ...........................CLM ...................TUP ..................11-Jan ....................... 1M ......................D .....................2 ......................38-1-5-751 C Richie Run .................5 .........G ........ Bring the Heat ........................CLM ...................BEU ..................8-Jan ......................... 5F .......................D .....................1 ......................31-4-1-346 Seascape .......................5 .........G ........ Cherokee Rap ........................CLM ...................BEU ..................8-Jan ......................... 1M 70Y...............D .....................1 .....................20-5-0-546 Velvet Kay......................4 .........F ......... Kugelis ...................................CLM ...................TP .....................11-Jan ....................... 6F .......................AW .................6 .......................11-1-1-245 Heart Full of Soul ..........7 .........G ........ Denouncer .............................CLM ...................CT .....................10-Jan ....................... 4 1/2F .................D .....................5 ......................42-2-2-144 Davis Harbor .................5 .........M ........ Seattle Fitz (ARG) ..................CLM ...................DED ..................9-Jan ......................... 6 1/2F .................D .....................4 ........................8-1-4-044 Jamaica Lane ................5 .........H ........ Friendly Lover........................CLM ...................BEU ..................11-Jan ....................... 5 1/2F .................D .....................1 .....................25-3-2-444 Longest Shot.................7 .........G ........ Barkerville ..............................CLM ...................TP .....................12-Jan ....................... 5 1/2F .................AW .................6 .....................26-6-2-4
IOWA-BRED BEYERS1/6 THROUGH 1/12
BEYER NAME AGE SEX SIRE CLASS TRACK DATE DIST. SURF. FIN. RECORD
70 Mobilize .........................3 .........F ......... War Front ...............................MSW ..................GP.....................10-Jan ....................... 1M ......................T .....................3 ........................5-0-2-145 Strike the Edge ..............6 .........G ........ Added Edge ...........................CLM ...................LRL ...................8-Jan ......................... 7F .......................D .....................3 .....................23-4-4-3
MINNESOTA-BRED BEYER1/6 THROUGH 1/12
BEYER NAME AGE SEX SIRE CLASS TRACK DATE DIST. SURF. FIN. RECORD
75 Talkin Bout ....................5 .........M ........ Yonaguska .............................ALW ...................FG .....................11-Jan ....................... 1 1/16M .............D .....................1 ..................... 13-4-5-1
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2013 LEADING SYNTHETIC SURFACE SIRES 1/1/13 THROUGH 12/31/13
RANK NAME(BORN,SIRE,2014FARM) 2014STUDFEE RNRS WNRS SWNRS SWINS CHIEFEARNER,EARNINGS 2013EARNINGS TOPRUNNER-BEYER
1 Candy Ride (1999, Ride the Rails) Lane’s End ...................................$35,000 ..........85..........29 ...........4 ...........5 ...............Kettle Corn-$459,000 ..................$2,355,446 .......Kettle Corn-1122 Stormy Atlantic (1994, Storm Cat) Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms ......................$30,000 .......... 72..........25 ...........3 ...........3 ...............Up With the Birds-$293,763 .......$1,902,064 .......Up With the Birds-973 Niigon (2001, Unbridled)..................................................................Died 2012 ........... 53..........25 ...........2 ...........2 ...............Nipissing-$339,959 .......................$1,797,116 .......Reconnect-884 Tribal Rule (1996, Storm Cat) Ballena Vista Farm ............................... $6,500 ........ 115..........42 ...........2 ...........2 ...............Sunday Rules-$130,500 ...............$1,771,082 ....... Italian Rules-965 Bold Executive (1984, Bold Ruckus) ...............................................Died 2011 ........... 62..........28 ...........2 ...........3 ...............On Rainbow Bridge-$215,686..... $1,633,529 .......Executive Five-826 Silent Name (2002, Sunday Silence) Adena Springs Canada .............$7,048 .......... 55.......... 24 ...........1 ...........1 ...............Silent Treat-$170,161 ...................$1,608,064 .......No Silent-977 Sligo Bay (1998, Sadler’s Wells) Adena Springs Canada ................... $4,698 .......... 57.......... 19 ...........2 ...........4 ...............Paladin Bay-$361,888 ..................$1,562,189 .......Trend-878 Giant’s Causeway (1997, Storm Cat) Ashford Stud ...........................$85,000 .......... 73..........23 ...........4 ...........4 ...............Winning Cause-$284,114 ............$1,500,008 .......Chief Havoc-1019 Speightstown (1998, Gone West) WinStar Farm ..............................$80,000 .......... 61..........20 ...........4 ...........5 ...............Essence Hit Man-$278,989 ........ $1,498,630 .......Delegation-11010 Harlan’s Holiday (1999, Harlan) .......................................................Died 2013 ............74.......... 24 ...........6 ...........6 ...............Ami’s Holiday-$176,743............... $1,480,851 .......Willcox Inn-9911 Old Forester (2001, Forestry) T.C. Westmeath Stud Farm ..................$4,674 .......... 59..........21 ...........0 ...........0 ...............Urban Forester-$118,056 ............$1,335,550 .......Urban Forester-9712 Awesome Again (1994, Deputy Minister) Adena Springs Kentucky $75,000 .......... 35............ 9 ...........1 ...........2 ...............Game On Dude-$900,000 ........... $1,322,825 .......Game On Dude-114
Paynter-11413 Malibu Moon (1997, A.P. Indy) Spendthrift Farm .............................$95,000 .......... 70..........22 ...........2 ...........2 ...............Original Script-$243,830 ............. $1,302,091 .......Ranulf-9714 Artie Schiller (2001, El Prado) WinStar Farm .................................... $15,000 .......... 51.......... 17 ...........2 ...........2 ...............We Miss Artie-$240,000 ..............$1,194,830 .......Xbalanque-9215 Bertrando (1989, Skywalker) ........................................................ Pens. 2011 ........... 57..........23 ...........2 ...........5 ...............Tamarando-$403,120 ...................$1,186,626 .......Summer Hit-10316 Where’s the Ring (1999, Seeking the Gold) Mapleville Farms ........... $3,687 .......... 68..........23 ...........1 ...........1 ...............Spadina Road-$138,483 ...............$1,169,838 .......King City-8217 Kitten’s Joy (2001, El Prado) Ramsey Farm .....................................$100,000 ........103..........25 ...........1 ...........1 ...............Charming Kitten-$75,000 ............. $1,150,154 .......Coalport-9618 Midnight Lute (2003, Real Quiet) Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms ........................$25,000 .......... 36.......... 15 ...........2 ...........2 ...............Midnight Aria-$592,926 ................$1,111,768 .......Midnight Aria-9819 Broken Vow (1997, Unbridled) Pin Oak Stud .....................................$25,000 .......... 66..........26 ...........3 ...........3 ...............Rosalind-$120,000 .......................$1,103,990 .......Broken Sword-103 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ........Cyber Secret-10320 Mobil (2000, Langfuhr) Mapleton Thoroughbred Farm ..................... $2,500 .......... 41.......... 17 ...........0 ...........0 ...............Pugsley-$108,075 ........................ $1,082,630 .......Pugsley-88
2013 LEADING CALIFORNIA GENERAL SIRES 1/1/13 THROUGH 12/31/13
RANK NAME(BORN,SIRE,2014FARM) 2014STUDFEE RNRS WNRS SWNRS SWINS CHIEFEARNER,EARNINGS 2013EARNINGS TOPRUNNER-BEYER
1 Unusual Heat (1990, Nureyev) Harris Farms .....................................$20,000 ........ 124..........65 ...........9 .........13 ...............Unusual Way-$404,750 ............... $4,903,019 .......He Be Fire N Ice-1042 Tribal Rule (1996, Storm Cat) Ballena Vista Farm ............................... $6,500 ........203........107 ...........7 .........11 ...............Ethnic Dance-$249,500 ............... $4,810,599 ....... Italian Rules-101 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................L. A. Weekend-1013 Eddington (2001, Unbridled) Ballena Vista Farm ................................ $3,500 ........ 128..........82 ...........1 ...........1 ...............Secret Circle-$859,800 ...............$3,696,967 .......Secret Circle-1044 Ministers Wild Cat (2000, Deputy Minister) ........................................Private ......... 121..........82 ...........7 .........11 ...............Tiz a Minister-$405,250 ...............$3,526,137 .......Doinghardtimeagain-95 Tommy Town Thoroughbreds ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Jim’s No Preacher-95 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Tiz a Minister-955 Benchmark (1991, Alydar) Ballena Vista Farm .................................... $5,000 .........117..........68 ...........8 .........12 ...............Points Offthebench-$434,780 ....$2,836,051 .......Points Offthebench-1106 Kafwain (2000, Cherokee Run) Tommy Town Thoroughbreds .......... $5,000 ........ 121..........69 ...........5 ...........7 ...............Raging Daoust-$203,300 ............ $2,532,511 .......Raging Daoust-987 Bertrando (1989, Skywalker) Ballena Vista Farm ......................... Pens. 2011 .........105..........53 ...........4 ...........7 ...............Tamarando-$455,120 ..................$2,409,301 .......Summer Hit-1038 Old Topper (1995, Gilded Time) Tommy Town Thoroughbreds ......... $2,500 ........103..........63 ...........3 ...........4 ...............Hail Mary-$198,288 ......................$2,047,923 .......Ain’t No Other-989 Southern Image (2000, Halo’s Image) Rancho San Miguel ............... $2,500 ..........85..........55 ...........3 ...........5 ...............Better Bet-$202,380 .....................$1,853,150 .......Hip Four Sixtynine-9510 Good Journey (1996, Nureyev) Magali Farms..................................... $5,000 .......... 63..........33 ...........4 ...........4 ...............Dancingtothestars-$158,416 ........$1,744,639 .......Dancingtothestars-100